Komatsu Equipment Celebrates 60 Years

July 2, 2012

Komatsu Equipment Company will celebrate its 60th year in business in 2012 with customer and employee events throughout the year. Originally founded in 1952 as Rocky Mountain Machinery Company in Salt Lake City, the company merged with Pioneer Equipment Company in 1997 to form what is now Komatsu Equipment Company.

Each of Komatsu Equipment’s six branch locations will celebrate the milestone with customer and employee events throughout the year. Customer appreciation events will be held at the following branch locations:

“It takes great customers and employees to stay in business for 60 years,” said John Pfisterer, president of Komatsu Equipment Company. “We have many employees that have been with us for 20, 30, even 40 years. We are very proud of our employee’s dedication to our customers which has kept us strong throughout the years.”

Komatsu Equipment has over 275 employees in six locations throughout Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

“We have been very fortunate over the past 60 years to have such loyal customers,” said Pfisterer. “We look forward to building upon our past successes by providing reliable equipment and responsive service to our customers for another 60 years.”

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Komatsu Equipment Company is a distributor of Komatsu heavy equipment and a subsidiary of Komatsu America. Komatsu Ltd. is the world’s second largest manufacturer and supplier of mining, construction and compact construction equipment. Serving the construction, utility and mining industries throughout Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, Komatsu Equipment Company provides reliable equipment and responsive service. The company offers new and used equipment supported by excellent repair and rebuild facilities, extensive field service capabilities, factory-trained mechanics and a multi-million dollar parts inventory. For more information, please visit www.komatsueq.com or call 1-877-KOMATSU.